fled into Egypt. And when Herod heard it he destroyed the children of the Hebrews that were
born in Bethlehem.
4 And when Pilate heard these words he was afraid. And Pilate silenced the multitude, because
they cried still, and said unto them: So, then, this is he whom Herod sought? The Jews say: Yea,
this is he. And Pilate took water and washed his hands before the sun, saying: I am innocent of
the blood of this just man: see ye to it. Again the Jews cried out: His blood be upon us and upon
our children.
5 Then Pilate commanded the veil to be drawn before the judgement-seat whereon he sat, and
saith unto Jesus: Thy nation hath convicted thee (accused thee) as being a king: therefore have I
decreed that thou shouldest first be scourged according to the law of the pious emperors, and
thereafter hanged upon the cross in the garden wherein thou wast taken: and let Dysmas and
Gestas the two malefactors be crucified with thee.
X
1 And Jesus went forth of the judgement hall and the two malefactors with him. And when they
were come to the place they stripped him of his garments and girt him with a linen cloth and put
a crown of thorns about his head: likewise also they hanged up the two malefactors. But Jesus
said: Father forgive them, for they know not what they do. And the soldiers divided his garments
among them.
And the people stood looking upon him, and the chief priests and the rulers with them derided
him, saying: He saved others let him save himself: if he be the son of God [let him come down
from the cross]. And the soldiers also mocked him, coming and offering him vinegar with gall;
and they said: If thou be the King of the Jews, save thyself.
And Pilate after the sentence commanded his accusation to be written for a title in letters of
Greek and Latin and Hebrew according to the saying of the Jews: that he was the King of the
Jews.
2 And one of the malefactors that were hanged [by name Gestas] spake unto him, saying: If thou
be the Christ, save thyself, and us. But Dysmas answering rebuked him, saying: Dost thou not at
all fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? and we indeed justly, for we receive the
due reward of our deeds; but this man hath done nothing amiss. And he said unto Jesus:
Remember me, Lord, in thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him: Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
that today thou shalt be (art) with me in paradise.
XI
1 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the land until the ninth hour, for
the sun was darkened: and the veil of the temple was rent asunder in the midst. And Jesus called
with a loud voice and said: Father, baddach ephkid rouel, which is interpreted: Into thy hands I
commend my spirit. And having thus said he gave up the ghost. And when the centurion saw
what was done, he glorified God, saying: This man was righteous. And all the multitudes that
had come to the sight, when they beheld what was done smote their breasts and returned.
2 But the centurion reported unto the governor the things that had come to pass: and when the
governor and his wife heard, they were sore vexed, and neither ate nor drank that day. And Pilate
sent for the Jews and said unto them: Did ye see that which came to pass? But they said: There
was an eclipse of the sun after the accustomed sort.
3 And his acquaintance had stood afar off, and the women which came with him from Galilee,
beholding these things. But a certain man named Joseph, being a counsellor, of the city of
ron
(Ron)
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